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This sloop, phoenix-class was built in 1895 by H.M. Dockyard (Devonport).
Historical Notes
On October 13, 1923 this vessel was wrecked on Brodie Rock at Principe Channel BC Canada. Her mast stands on Bastion Square in Victoria BC donated by the MMBC to the City of Victoria. (Reports have her as salvaged.)
Owners & Masters
In 1895 she was built as H.M.S. Algerine as a Royal Navy based at Esquimalt.
She was based at Esquimalt BC before the First World War.
In 1917 she was loaned to Royal Canadian Navy as a depot ship commissioned as H.M.C.S. Algerine.
In 1919 she was owned by Pacific Salvage Company and converted to a deep sea salvor.
In 1919 she was renamed as the Algerine.
Masters
Captain J.M. Hewison (1922);
Armament
6-4" QF BL Mk III, 4-3pdr QF BL; 3- .45" Maxim machine guns
References
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993)
- Freeman, David J. (2000)
- Jane's Fighting Ships
- Gardiner, Robert [ed.] (1979)
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
- J.J. Colledge and Ben Warlow (2010) Ships of the Royal Navy. Casemate Oxford UK
